Before making appointments for Gamescom 2025, I figured I should do some recon work so I knew which games I wanted to get my hands on. “Project Pantheon”—now known as Gods, Death & Reapers— was offered to me, and I had no previous knowledge about it. Coming from Wolcen Studio in France, which was founded in 2015, I went hunting. Checking out trailers on YouTube just left me more confused, as they were filled with eerie imagery and a foreboding feeling, but I couldn’t even identify the genre from what I had seen.
At the time, there was no gameplay, a touch of story, and not much else to go on. Today, I’ve gone hands-on with Gods, Death & Reapers, and I am so, so glad that I took the risk and booked that slot.
Gods, Death & Reapers is one of my favourite games I went hands-on with at gamescom 2025. But before we get to that, maybe I should explain the premise. Wolcen Studio is calling it an ExtrAction RPG, and they aren’t wrong. Extraction... Read more